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* In ''WebVideo/TheBoothAtTheEnd'' The Man, normally unflappable, has this reaction to learning that [[spoiler: Willem kidnapped and is keeping prisoner the girl he agreed to protect so he could "be the hero."]]

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* In ''WebVideo/TheBoothAtTheEnd'' ''Series/TheBoothAtTheEnd'' The Man, normally unflappable, has this reaction to learning that [[spoiler: Willem kidnapped and is keeping prisoner the girl he agreed to protect so he could "be the hero."]]
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** And then Raiden turns the tables later on.
-->'''Raiden''': Typical politician. All cock, but no cum.\\
'''Armstrong''': What\\
'''Raiden''': Jumpstart the economy? It's all bullshit! The success of a country is determined by materialistic and socioeconomic factors! Read a fucking book.
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* Pick an image hosting site or image forum, ''any you can think of'', that allows people to tag the images. Search for any images labelled wat or what, and that's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it'll get out of you.]] Expect the results to cross over with NightmareFuel and/or NauseaFuel.
* ''Blog/CinnamonBunzuh'': Ifi's reaction after reading ''The Capture''.
* The "LOL WUT" meme.
** Alternatively, "Wat."
** In the long form, "what is this i dont even" (sic), additionally, "i'm 12 and what is this" is used in similar fashion.
** In the long''est'' form (verbose): [[DelusionsOfEloquence "I have become quite profounded from your previous statement, so much so that it has become quite humorous how abnormal the said statement is."]]
* The unofficial ''[[VideoGame/{{Aetolia}} Aetolia: The Midnight Age]]'' wiki has an entire page devoted to this trope [[http://www.ankyreanarchives.com/wiki/What here]].
* Pretty much the primary catchphrase of the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series ReviewBlog ''Blog/BloggerBeware''.
* The [=RPGNet=] HiveMind is fond of "man what" (no punctuation) as a response to any completely brain-spraining statement.
** Notably inspired by and associated with (by those in the know) a certain photograph of Bob Marley in a state of absolute man what
** The hive mind seems to have determined it actually came as a response to [[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=206199 someone discussing]] the Inferi from ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''... to the tune of "The Happy Wanderer" (the "Valderie, Valdera" song). "In-fer-iiiii... in-fer-aaaaaaa..." The first post after that was a prematurely-launched post consisting entirely of "man what"
*** NOTE: The absence of a period at the end of the previous entry is entirely deliberate and proper. The phrase expresses such a profound and utter state of confusion that it ''eradicates'' any and all punctuation and grammar within a radius of one post.
* Inventing Swear Words 4 has a good example, right after Stag complains to the GM that every other class is more powerful with him, to which the GM responds with a "What." Made funnier by how Stag then demands that every class be nerfed except his, which is, without even a beat, followed by the GM teleporting him away.
* Very good one in The Fine Bros.' Kids React to Nyan Cat, at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQbDz6-4eM&feature=player_detailpage#t=181s 3:01.]]
* [[Website/DesuDesBrigade Vixen]] used this to describe a scene from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. The scene in question has Utena jump down from a balcony, tear off her own dress to reveal her uniform, take a table cloth from a nearby table, then form a dress to cover her {{heterosexual life partner|s}} Anthy's WardrobeMalfunction.
* A staple in the commentaries at ''FanFic/TheClassicDoctorWhoTwitterBlog.'' Frequently goes hand-in-hand with "Wait." Lots of them.
* ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'':
** Freeman says this when he is confronted with [[spoiler:an elevator that finally goes up, but is blocked by boxes of explosives.]]
** Adrian Shephard in ''Shephard's Mind'' does this ''twelve times'' in response to unleashing a swarm of snarks.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVha8YqKWo And again:]]
--->'''Jon:''' I'd be down with a cool black star like that.\\
'''Emile:''' Actually, it's official name is [[{{Pun}} Ztar]].\\
'''Jon:''' ... What.
* The page quote is from Blog/MarkReadsTwilight, a truly insightful blog not for Twilight fans.
* On various image-sharing sites, "what" is used as a tag for bizarre, shocking, or absurd images, usually involving physical or anatomical impossibilities. [[strike:Most]] Nearly all examples will be {{NSFW}} at the least, so seek them out at your own risk.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bRRupLoijM Don't tell my dad!]]
* A very popular subject of {{Image Macro}}s.
* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': There was an infamous death in v2 involving SpontaneousHumanCombustion. Said character's post-game evaluation on the [[http://sotf.wikia.com/wiki/Caitlin_Evans wiki]] is, of course, one of these.
* [[Podcast/ThePenumbraPodcast Juno Steel]] is the queen of this trope.
* During the production of ''VideoGame/ASuperMarioThing'' on the talkhaus forums, this was LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}'s reaction upon [[http://talkhaus.raocow.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1028&start=150#p47900 discovering]] that {{Rule 34}} had been made of Demo (the main character of ''ASMT'' and Raocow's own creation; a female [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot demon alien minion]] with no arms, blue hair, and a face composed of a single giant eye).
* [[http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/The-Biting-Pear-of-Salamanca-29677500 The Biting Pear of Salamanca]] (otherwise known as the "LOL WUT" pear), which probably deserves its own page.
* ''Smart Bitches, Trashy Books'' sometimes resorts to this, such as in a review of a (thankfully short) e-book called [[http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/ravished-by-the-triceratops ''Ravished By the Triceratops'']] (NSFW, obviously}.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'':
--> '''N.C. (Through Speakonia):''' How did you get in here?
--> '''Spoony:''' I'm from the future.
--> '''N.C. (Through Speakonia):''' What.
** The same site's WebVideo/BumReviews give us this, from the review of ''Film/BurnAfterReading'':
---> '''Chester A. Bum:''' And at the end, something happens, but at the same time, nothing happens! What.
** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/29922-return-of-the-nostalgic-commercials "You, your mate, and your Johnson."]]
*** A particularly good example is when he figures out the evil plan in Future 5.
** The Nostalgia Critic also does this in his review of ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
---> '''NC:''' Where are we?
---> '''NC of the future:''' The future!
---> '''NC:''' Okay, but... why are we downstairs in the basement?
---> '''NC of the future:''' Oh, it's the only place we can hide to stay away from the seahorses.
---> '''NC:''' Oh, okay.
---> ({{beat}})
---> '''NC:''' What.
** Then there's the Critic's reaction to the plot twist of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh 2''...
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick made good use of this too when she reviewed ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'', letting out three in quick succession:
--> '''Creator/TimCurry:''' They can't fall in love...[[{{Narm}} if they're DEAD]]!
--> '''Nostalgia Chick:''' What.
--> ''[cue noise and running around as the Tim Curry tries to kill Belle and the Beast through the [[ThePowerOfRock power of]] [[OminousPipeOrgan dramatic organ music]]]''
-->'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What.\\
''[The Beast throws a piano at organ!Tim Curry]''\\
'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What... EVER, ''please, for the love of God, END''!
* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob got one in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic revealed that yes, he really did order twenty tons of dynamite.
* Creator/AllisonPregler gave one in her review of "Fatal Deviation", when out of nowhere, with no bearing to the plot, there's a naked man in a cowboy hat taking a bath outside.
* [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] uses it so often, it ought to be classified as one of his catchphrases. But then, considering the nature of his show's content, it seems natural.
* Used as a tag on the image site Danbooru for those images that make no sense whatsoever. A user was quoted as saying, "Does it make your brain shut down for a second when you see it? Then it's a 'what' picture."
** On some "booru" image sites there's also a "no seriously what" tag, for when "what" is not enough.
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO9q9M5Irl0 this]] review of SugarWiki/{{Eversion}} one reviewer has already written the game off as a generic ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' clone, when the second reviewer casually mentions 'and then there's your power to warp reality to your whims'. The first reviewer's response is of course 'What.'
* In Nakar's ''VideoGame/UltimaVI'' LetsPlay, during the parodic [[http://lparchive.org/Ultima-4-5-and-6/Update%2057/ "cannon"ical ending]], Draxinusom utters the [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Gargish]] version of this upon seeing something truly bizarre:
-->'''Draxinusom:''' To be saying what.
* On ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'''s ''Daily Drop'' feature at Website/TheEscapist, the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/daily-drop/3289-Billy-the-Bass utter indestructibility]] of one object lead the captions to declare, "DOES NOT COMPUTE", "SERIOUSLY?" and finally the Flat What.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqGFMPy9x7c This video]] collects hundreds of these scenes from various webcomics.
* ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut'':
** [[VitriolicBestBuds Gabriel]] offers this reaction when [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] [[http://youtu.be/JGy-A9uVNsw?t=11m6s challenges him to observe, then explain]] one of ''VideoGame/CurseOfEnchantia'''s many surreal SolveTheSoupCans-type puzzles.
--->'''Yahtzee:''' "Okay, theories? That was the puzzle, by the way, we now have the sticks we needed."\\
'''*{{Beat}}.*'''\\
'''Gabe:''' "''What.''" \\
'''*Yahtzee laughs.*'''
** [[http://youtu.be/189YB3LURRQ?t=47m45s Gabe gets Yahtzee back]] when they review ''VideoGame/AdventuresInTheGalaxyOfFantabulousWonderment'', where Gabe gets to drop a mildly relevant non-sequitur into the discussion and derail Yahtzee's train of thought.
--->'''Gabe:''' I saw a special needs girl throw a goat on Friday.\\
'''*{{Beat}}.*'''\\
'''Yahtzee:''' What. Was that like a Mad Lib? \\
'''Gabe:''' No, no, this was a real thing that's happened in my life.
* This video, simply named [[https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat Wat]], discusses creative Javascript typing. Wat ensues. (Peppered with pictures of Internet Wat Memes.)
* In the ''Staying Alive'' episode of ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'', Paul Scheer is taking audience comments and has a Flat "What." reaction upon hearing that there was actually a ''Staying Alive Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' book.
* ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'''s response to the final battle in Breaking Dawn Part 2 [[AllJustADream turning out to be the vision Alice shows Aro]].
* WebVideo/JonTron has this reaction in the episode "Anti Drug Games":
-->'''Drug dealer:''' Take one hit and you'll do ''anything'' to cop more. Steal from your mama...\\
'''[=JonTron=]''': (''concerned'') H-Hey, man, did you get bit by a mosquito or somethin'...?\\
'''Drug dealer:''' (''now transformed into a snake man'') Do I look like the kind of guy who do that to a child like you?\\
'''[=JonTron=]''': [[SuddenlyShouting YOU LOOK LIKE A SNAKE!]]\\
'''Drug dealer''': YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!\\
'''[=JonTron=]''' : WHAT? WHAT THE ''FUCK''?
* In ''WebVideo/TheBoothAtTheEnd'' The Man, normally unflappable, has this reaction to learning that [[spoiler: Willem kidnapped and is keeping prisoner the girl he agreed to protect so he could "be the hero."]]
* [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Joel]] lets out a series of them in episode 9 of ''WebVideo/MemeHouse'' when a member of the chat points out that, according to his moodlet bar, [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Dio]] is [[MisterSeahorse pregnant]]. Thankfully, it was only a glitch.
* ''WebVideo/CampfireStories'': Brief but beautiful example in [[https://youtu.be/QtwCrILPDXw?t=292 this video]] where Mike and Zach [[ArmedFarces exchange amusing stories about gross incompetence in the military]], when Mike brings the conversation to a ''screeching'' halt by mentioning what happens when a Marine runs out of toilet paper.
-->'''Mike:''' Um, there wasn't enough toilet paper so what they used was... [[PainToTheAss fiberglass cloth]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin--cloth made of long, woven strands of fiberglass. Horribly itchy when applied to skin, and can cause rashes and inflammation, and therefore the last thing you need to put near your poop-smeared butt in a desert.[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Zach:''' ''What.''
* WebVideo/Max0r's ''An Incorrect Summary of Metal Gear Rising'' has Raiden react this at several points, particularly to Armstrong's [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain motive rant]]:
--> '''Armstrong''': Imagine a world, Raiden, free of cancel culture! Where no one can call me out for my outlandish claims! A WORLD WHERE I CAN '''SAY THE N-WORD!'''\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Raiden''': What.
* In ''WebVideo/TurntRed'', a YouTubePoop based on ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this is Mei's reaction to a random shot of [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz and Woody]] dancing.
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